天台八教大意 1.5

1.5

Next, explaining the vaipulya [period], the Mahāsaṃnipāta, Ratnakūṭa, and Vimalakīrtinirdeśa praise the perfect and extol the great, while breaking down the small and censuring the one-sided, so that they lamented their ruined seeds. In terms of the sequence of the metaphor, it is called the flavor of fresh butter. Therefore the Nirvāṇa [Sūtra] says: 'From the sūtras emerge the vaipulya scriptures, just as from curd comes fresh butter.' Therefore Kāśyapa expressed his understanding, saying: 'After this, their minds gained mutual confidence, and he went in and out without difficulty, yet his dwelling place remained where it was before'; this is the third flavor.